Not only did Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne put on one hell of a historic show for their final performance, they managed to ...

Black Sabbath fan and musician Andy Edwards, from Kidderminster, remembered "a tear in his eye" when he watched Osbourne last perform, during the closing ceremony for the Commonwealth Games in 2022.

A group of Birmingham MPs are calling for Black Sabbath to be honoured for their services to music. They have written to the Queen asking for her "direct intervention". The band, formed in 1968 by ...

“The Crown has huge significance to us and many other successful acts…” says Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi of the Birmingham pub’s newly-announced Grade II status.

The Birmingham Royal Ballet have announced details of Black Sabbath – The Ballet. Premiering this September in the heavy metal legends’ hometown of Birmingham, the show will also hit Plymouth ...

Black Sabbath - The Ballet will be performed by the Birmingham Royal Ballet in September at the city's Hippodrome. It will feature eight of the band's songs reorchestrated for the for the Royal Ballet ...

Birmingham does at least seem to be moving in the right direction: in June, Butler and Iommi attended the grand dedication of ‘Black Sabbath Bridge’, a new landmark which also features a bench ...

Premiered at Birmingham Hippodrome, Black Sabbath: The Ballet makes little attempt at any clear narrative about Birmingham’s most famous rock band, instead conjuring up a series of impressions ...

Formed in Birmingham, Black Sabbath are hailed as the trailblazers of heavy metal music, with guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward, bassist Geezer Butler, and vocalist Ozzy Osbourne leading the ...

It was during this time the band changed their name to Black Sabbath, and they went on to sign their first record deal, he explained. "The rest, I guess, is well known music biz history," Mr ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Black Sabbath — The Ballet was the brainchild of Birmingham Royal Ballet director Carlos Acosta, who ...

Black Sabbath – The Ballet is a very different beast though. While I am Curious, Orange marked 300 years since the Glorious Revolution of 1688, BRB’s latest production is very definitely a celebration ...